Mounting steering wheel



"NJuly 3i, 1923.

J. RICHARDS ET AL MOUNTING STEERING WHEEL Filed Oct. 17. 1921 M' www.

Patented July 3l, 1923.

unirse stares earner osricn- JAMES N. RICHARDS, WILLIAM I-I. WESTIVIAN, AND ALFRED D. WESTMAN, OF

CHATI-IAIVI, CANADA. f

MOUNTING STEERING WHEEL.

vApplication iled October 17, 1921.

To all tozom t may concern Be it known that we, JAMES N. RICHARDS,

quired to get in and out of a car; and that i can be locked to prevent the wheel being utilized.

lWe attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. 1 is a view of a wheel on an attachment secured to the steering post,

Fig. 2 is a front view of the wheel,

Fig. 3 is a front and side view of the slide attachment,

Fig. 4 is a front view of the body,

Fig. 5 is a side view of body on the slide attachment,

Fig. 6 is a sectional view,

Fig. 7 is a top View, and

Fig. 8 is a back View of the body on the slide attachment.

Similar letters refer to similar! parts throughout the several views.

At Fig. 1 is shown the wheel A. attached to the auxiliary post I. of the body D. and fastened thereto by means of a threaded nut and key. The body D. is provided with grooves N. Figs. 6 and 7 to enable it to move up and down on the slide E. which is attached to the upper end of the steering post C. Within the column B., and held in place by a threaded nut and key. The dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 show the wheel raised up out of the way; Fig'. 2 is a front view of Fig.4

1, Fig. 3 is a half size view of the slide E. showing how it is attached to the steering post C. Figs. 4f, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are also half size views, Fig. 4 being a front view showing the fastening device F. at one side, consisting of a draw pin and re-acting spring. Fig. 5 a side view showing the auxiliary post I., and the wheel rest J. It; also shows Serial No. 508,402.

the body D. in dotted lines at the top of the slide E. and fastened thereto. by a lock M.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the body shown on the line l-l of Figs. a and 5, Fig. 7 is a top view particularly showing the bearing projection J. and the curve Il. for insertion of a lock M. and in Fig. Sis shownthe slide Fl. inside the body and how the said slide is l fastened to the steering post C. as formerly described. To apply these attachments we remove the existing wheel from the post C. and fasten the slide E. in its place with the nut and key thatwas removed when taking' off the wheel. The wheel A. is then mounted on the auxiliary post I. of the body D. with one arm of the Wheel restingl in the projection J. shown in Figs. 5 and 7 and fastened thereto by the nut G. The body D. is then placed on theI slide E. so that the auxiliary post I. will register in direct lineV with the post C. within the steering column, j

and fastened thereto by vmeans of the fastening device F. when itis desired to get in or out of Jthe car the fastener F. is withdrawn and wheel slid upward as shown by dotted lines Vin Figs. l and 2 and llocked if desired. The particular advantages found in the use of these attachments are first that the existing plain wheel ldoes not require to bev discarded, yand a sliding wheel purchased, to' l have the benefits of the steering wheel to get in and out of a car; second, there are practically lonly two parts to the attachments,

viz the body and the slide, and third',` the existing wheel is used. f

Having described the different parts.Y of our device, their advantages, and the mode of application, we claim'as our invention and wish to secure by Letters Patent:

A sliding body having an auxiliary post projecting from its front, a forward projection at its top 4to engage the arm of avsteer# ing wheel, with' means to fasten a steering Y wheel thereto, sliding means to secure said body to a slide, said slide being mounted on the steering post of a vehicle, a draw pin and re-act-ing spring as means to fasten said body to said slide, and -means to Secure said slide to steering post of a vehicle.

Dated at Chatham, Ont., this 5th day of- October, 1921.

J AS. N. RICHARDS. A. D. WESTMAN. W.; WESTMAN. 

